{"id":1331,"date":"2009-12-01T13:26:58","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T21:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/12\/links_-_a_distant_death_rattle_1\/"},"modified":"2009-12-01T13:26:58","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T21:26:58","slug":"links_-_a_distant_death_rattle_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/12\/links_-_a_distant_death_rattle_1.html","title":{"rendered":"Links – a distant death rattle"},"content":{"rendered":"

The great Elliott Bay Book Company<\/a> got the obit it deserved not from any Seattle source, but from Kim Murphy in the LA Times, here<\/a>. Murphy’s story suffers under a stupid headline – The plot thickens for a legendary bookstore<\/i> – which, of course, Murphy didn’t write. The plot’s not thickening. It’s losing its narrative runway. <\/p>\n

The usual Seattle sources covered it, but not well. <\/p>\n

Paul
\nConstant at the Stranger was more interested in griping<\/a> that he didn’t
\nget full credit from the Seattle Times for being first as the news
\nbreaker. (Constant was much better on the demise of Bailey\/Coy Books<\/a>, which like <\/i>the Stranger is on Capitol Hill. Bailey\/Coy is a lovely little store, but compared to Elliott Bay, its significance is tiny.)<\/p>\n

The
\nonline Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a ghost of its former self, has no
\ninterest in culture. Is the Seattle Times being written from Seattle? Its story<\/a>
\non Elliott Bay’s economic impact to Pioneer Square’s arts presence missed the
\nSquare’s essential cultural identity. Besides being a haven for readers
\nthanks to Elliott Bay, that’s where nearly all of the city’s major art
\ngalleries are located. <\/p>\n

On Crosscut, Knute Berger<\/a> was better than the ST on the economic impact, but again, does he live here? <\/p>\n

Berger:<\/p>\n

If
\nthe blend of street life in Pioneer Square is largely the homeless, bar
\npatrons, and seasonal tourists, add to that mix sports fans, not
\nnecessarily a book-buying crowd.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Galleries, big guy, galleries. The visual art crowd hits those streets, Tuesdays through Saturdays. <\/p>\n

What
\ndifference does it make? Anyone who’s interested has heard the news:
\nElliott Bay is either going down or moving to Capitol Hill . That’s
\nwhere the LA Times’ story comes in. What is the character of this
\nparticular store? Breath and depth, ladies and gentlemen. Breath and
\ndepth. <\/p>\n

OTHER NEWS….<\/b>

Put on a happy face:<\/b> The best graphic for Art\/Basel\/Miami Beach, opening Wednesday, comes from C-Monster<\/a><\/i>, here<\/a>.
\n(“Miami, Where Art Sweats. From the Department of Public Relations and
\nExtra Marital Affairs.”) Enough with the sobbing. Make it work. <\/p>\n

Shudder:<\/b> The Art World Edition of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People<\/i> here<\/a>. I remember when everyone at the Seattle Times was required to read 7 Habits<\/i>,
\nand I (once again) gave thanks that I worked at the PI. The PI’s unruly
\nnewsroom would have dropped kicked that order into a dumpster.

Richard Lacayo<\/b> is pulling the plug<\/a> on his excellent blog, Looking Around<\/i>.
\nWhy? Maintaining a one-person blog of that quality is a lot of work.
\nMissing from Lacayo’s sign-off is any acknowledgment that his blog made
\nhim. He had worked for Time for decades and was largely ignored, except
\nin architectural criticism circles, laboring as he was under the large
\nshadow of Robert Hughes. With Looking Around<\/i>, he became a
\nnational figure. Here’s hoping his reasonable and intelligent voice
\ncontinues to be prominent once dropped back into the Time pool. (Who
\nreads Time? Ever? Anybody?)<\/p>\n

From Kenneth Baker<\/b>, why what art critics see at major exhibitions is different than anyone else, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Congratulations!<\/b> Seattle’s Jen Graves wins a Warhol grant, here<\/a>. (Other winners here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Stuart Sherman<\/b> is back, here<\/a>.
\nWhen an artist such as Sherman dies neglected and remains neglected, it
\nis a sign that the art world being driven by the market. His
\nreemergence means the opposite. Maybe the recession is not all bad.

Houston’s Douglas Britt<\/b> loves Dario Robleto, here<\/a>.
\nBritt goes the extra mile for his home town hero, traveling on his own
\ndime to see Robleto shows beyond Texas, including one in Seattle. <\/p>\n

Private property is (art) theft<\/b>, here<\/a>.
\nBuying the land on which a key Richard Serra rests shouldn’t mean you
\nget to wreck it through neglect and deny access to the public. Tyler Green reports that at least the owners won’t be able to demolish it, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kyle MacMillan<\/b> does a fine job of saying goodbye to the retiring director of the Denver Art Museum, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alexandra Silverthorn<\/b>e has a fresh approach to litter left in a park, here<\/a>. (Love the white plastic spoon in the bushes.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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